The second part of Edgar Wrights's cornetto trilogy is one of that comedy action flicks with brains! an unprecedented storyline and Edgar Wright's style of filmmaking make itself stand apart on the list of action flicks.
1.Story & Screenplay
Hot Fuzz the second part of Wright's 'blood and ice cream' trilogy which still today holds its place as one of the best action movies made. The story revolves around Sergeant Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) of the London Metropolitan Police Service is so good at his work that his superiors decide he needs to be relocated to the English countryside, for fear of his individual successes overshadowing the force's overall task. Angel is thrown into a small village named Sandford, which appears to be an idyllic rural area until out of nowhere there is a death and the people keep dying until a big mystery is unraveled. The thing that makes Edgar Wright's film-making so unique is the sequencing of the character entering and leaving an unimaginable subplot in the film brought in so smoothly through funny punch lines, transactions, and a story that doesn't seem abrupt at all.
2.Direction & cinematography
In terms of comedy movies, Hollywood had just hit the back paddle these days, but directors like Edgar Wright just hit the right note in terms of the direction and the cinematography. Starting with a relatable first act to a havoc-setting film ahead just brings in the extra kick in the storyline. The characters he created. Music in rhythm with action, unsymmetrical camera shots, and finding ways to show a simple scene like traveling from one place to another with great idiosyncrasy that gives an altogether different feel to the audience. Edgar Wright is the present-day master of comedy and action.
3.Acting
Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright are just a pair made in heaven. Simon Pegg as the cope is diabolic, engaging, and sublime. The rest of the cast of British actors just adds to the perfect conjecture of the film. Credits to Wright again to write their character with such great contrast and out-of-the-way details. The entire trilogy wouldn't have been the same without Simon Pegg and Nick Frost being present in it. Their body language, staying true to Edgar's style of filmmaking and doing scenes even if it looks unconvincing at the first glance only to see it add up to something big.
The entire Cornetto trilogy is explosive and a definite must-watch but this one stands to be one of his best.